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Encouraging Art Purchasers
Virtual Auditions of Your Artwork Follow up article to Encouraging Corporate Clients, April 27, 2010 Sometimes, when people are looking in art galleries to select art for their home, the opportunity for a sale is lost because the potential buyer … Continue reading
Batik Bounty
What’s in Your Batik Stash? Most quilters have a sizable supply of beautiful batiks, those luscious fabrics and designs we cannot resist buying. Usually I don’t getaroundtoit. I mean making up the idea I had in mind when I made … Continue reading
Posted in FABRIC ART, MISC
Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Inspiration, Quilt Technique, Traditional Quilting
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Nancy Crow, an artist who makes quilts
in the CQA Quilting News, May 7, 2010, by Pamela Marean, Cape Cod Times, February 28, 2010 “Nancy Crow makes a statement, whether you like it or not”, Joan Goldfarb Any quilt is a feat of human dedication and creativity. … Continue reading
Posted in ARTIST PROFILES, MISC
Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Inspiration, Quilt Technique, Virtual Newspaper
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Modern Quilting
Blog Review of The Modern Quilt Guild The Modern Quilt Guild blog is barely 5 months old and so has few features to review. Yet I believe it will become an important blog for quilters of all kinds and I … Continue reading
Posted in BLOG REVIEWS, FABRIC ART, MISC
Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Info you should know, Inspiration, Quilt Technique
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Encouraging Corporate Clients
Novel tip for encouraging art sales to corporate buyers, part 1 When a potential business client is sitting in a waiting room or corridor, the art already in place will be enhanced by displaying art work created by younger clients … Continue reading
Clothesline Art Quilts
Art Quilt Inspiration from the humble clothesline There is one activity that unites the whole world – everyone washes their clothes. There is little variation between continents and nationalities. You could say that fresh air, clean water and soap literally … Continue reading
Springtime Blue Hues
Four Seasons in One Recess Where I live, north of Toronto in Canada, we still have ice on our pond. Gray blue snow drifts linger in deep shadowy pockets beside our bumpy rural road. The salt trucks have not been … Continue reading
8000 Fabric Panels and One Rocket
in the CQA Quilting News, March 18, 2010, by Bob Gathany, The Huntsville Times, Feb. 22, 2010 The Dream Rocket delayed, but not scrubbed Connecting art and education through a global collaborative initiative Artist Jennifer Marsh has announced that The … Continue reading
Sally Bramald’s Quilted Art
An Expert Machine Quilter’ Blog Seems recently I keep running across beautiful blogs of machine quilting experts who specialize in feathers. Feathers appear simple and elegant. Most things that look simple to do are in fact challenging. Making complicated things … Continue reading
Posted in ARTIST PROFILES, BLOG REVIEWS, FABRIC ART, MISC
Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Inspiration, Quilt Technique, Traditional Quilting
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Neon Lights – Bright Inspiration for Art Quilts
Jewel tones Crisp edges Bold Contrast Geometrical Shapes Surprise These are the qualities that describe most of my art quilts. These are the design elements I frequently post about on “Your Inspiration Zone” blog. You can see how I make … Continue reading